EDIT: And communication is busting me up. The roofer prefers phone calls. The solar guy prefers emails. The insulation guy prefers texts. How they ever communicate with each other is beyond me.
Telepathy. Or a shared gestalt memory.
Yep, Berkeley bicyclists continue to baffle me.
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LOL. Go ahead. According to my Google Maps, the two streets are 0.1 miles apart starting at Hopkins to the north (which is what I use) all the way through Berkeley to just before Ashby to the south, and Milvia's a bike road the whole way, while MLK is a very narrow major thoroughfare.
Haven't you had that discussion before? Or was that another pair of close placed roads?
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Now it is >official<. Both of you are old grumpy men who argue over the same over and over.
You need to have a pair of rocking chairs and canes to shake at each other.
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LOL. Go ahead. According to my Google Maps, the two streets are 0.1 miles apart starting at Hopkins to the north (which is what I use) all the way through Berkeley to just before Ashby to the south, and Milvia's a bike road the whole way, while MLK is a very narrow major thoroughfare.
according to Google maps live view, I am seeing parked cars on a two lane street on Milvia. That is not a bike lane. Does it start off as one and then become a street?
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Okay, having lived in-between Milvia and MLK downtown for five years, here are my two cents. The way people drive down it make MLK dangerous; dangerous for pedestrians, dangerous for bikes. I honestly cannot understand why anyone would voluntarily commute down that street on two wheels. BUT, if you're bicycling to either North Berkeley or Ashby BART, it makes more sense to take MLK than Milvia. Also, Milvia can be creepy to walk/bike down in the early morning or late afternoon, because the cops don't patrol it as much, and all sorts of shady crap goes down on Milvia. (Drug deals, particularly.) (Okay, so lots of shady crap goes down on MLK and Shattuck, too. It's Berkeley. What do you expect?) AND, I can tell you this from repeated personal experience, drivers treat the stop signs at the streets crossing Milvia as if they're casual suggestions rather than commandments. I can't count the number of times I've almost been creamed when I theoretically had the right-of-way.
Hi, John!
I've never seen Baldur's Gate II spelled that way before.Nothing wrong with being old, I'm old too, I remember that greatest of all RPGs in history, Chrono Trigger!Had you included 10 I would have argued.wow. You're old!
Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go on and on and on about how awesome final fantasy 6 is compared to 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and so on...
I've actually never played Baldur's Gate 2 before, though not from a lack of trying. Bought it on Gog awhile ago but couldn't get it to work.
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I really think, whatever RPG you start with, decides how you see RPG's going forward. Like, VII (what's all this number business? :P ) was the first RPG I ever played, and it was the gold-standard benchmark which all other RPGs were compared to after that. It's still my favourite RPG of all time. VI and IX are runners-up. I don't get how people like VIII or X, but each to their own, I guess?I've never seen Baldur's Gate II spelled that way before.Nothing wrong with being old, I'm old too, I remember that greatest of all RPGs in history, Chrono Trigger!Had you included 10 I would have argued.wow. You're old!
Now if you will excuse me, I am going to go on and on and on about how awesome final fantasy 6 is compared to 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and so on...
Well, don't tell anyone but....
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I actually played Chrono Trigger on the DS and it wasn't my very first RPG, still think it's the best though!
according to Google maps live view, I am seeing parked cars on a two lane street on Milvia. That is not a bike lane. Does it start off as one and then become a street?** spoiler omitted **Yep, Berkeley bicyclists continue to baffle me.
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LOL. Go ahead. According to my Google Maps, the two streets are 0.1 miles apart starting at Hopkins to the north (which is what I use) all the way through Berkeley to just before Ashby to the south, and Milvia's a bike road the whole way, while MLK is a very narrow major thoroughfare.
It's a residential street that has two very wide bike lanes, and lots of blockades and speed bumps to further discourage through traffic.
On MLK I was probably one of 300 cars traveling the 2.5 miles.
On Milvia I encountered 5 cars, all in the first 3 blocks past University.
But I can't speak to LM's point. Being a "day biker" I've only ridden Milvia from dawn to dusk, except back when I was riding to and from Tae Kwon Do training, at which time I wouldn't have particularly cared about shady characters.
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Now THAT was a productive lunch:
(1) Went to the roofer's office, picked shingles, and signed the work agreement.
(2) Went to the library and donated 6 shopping bags' worth of books
(3) Emailed the solar guy that his agreement was agreeable and I'd sign it and cut him the initial check whenever he wanted to stop by, or tomorrow at lunch at the latest.
They're all saying they expect to be able to fit me in the week of March 25, or April 1 at the latest.
I am happy.
(And yes, I'm old, and like arguing with Freehold about biking. I just get very fed up with bikers who ride on major thoroughfares when there are significantly better options at most 0.1 miles away. Don't get me started on the bikers on Solano when they narrowed Marin (1 long block away) from 2 blocks to 1 just to accommodate wide bike lanes.)
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Okay, having lived in-between Milvia and MLK downtown for five years, here are my two cents. The way people drive down it make MLK dangerous; dangerous for pedestrians, dangerous for bikes. I honestly cannot understand why anyone would voluntarily commute down that street on two wheels. BUT, if you're bicycling to either North Berkeley or Ashby BART, it makes more sense to take MLK than Milvia. Also, Milvia can be creepy to walk/bike down in the early morning or late afternoon, because the cops don't patrol it as much, and all sorts of shady crap goes down on Milvia. (Drug deals, particularly.) (Okay, so lots of shady crap goes down on MLK and Shattuck, too. It's Berkeley. What do you expect?) AND, I can tell you this from repeated personal experience, drivers treat the stop signs at the streets crossing Milvia as if they're casual suggestions rather than commandments. I can't count the number of times I've almost been creamed when I theoretically had the right-of-way.
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I've mentioned it before - I was on my bike on a somewhat busy street (busy for the town, at any rate), but I needed to turn left into a business from the busy street - I had no other available route. I was moved as far to the left as I could and was using hand signals. I still got clipped on my right shoulder from behind by an SUV's side mirror, and it knocked me to the ground into oncoming traffic. And they kept going.
This isn't New York or San Francisco. This was Bloomington-Normal, IL. There's traffic, sure, but there's not TRAFFIC like you get in the major cities. Most American cities are NOT designed for mixed automobile and bicycle traffic.
And bicyclist behavior *matters*. But sometimes, even if you're doing everything you can to be considerate and safe, some drivers are still complete ******* ********* **** ********* to the * ** ************ **** ***and a big pile of ********** *** ********** ********* *** * * ******** ** *********************************.
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Just beat the False Knight finally in Hollow Knight. It does not bode well with how long it took me to beat him considering he is slow moving and telegraphs all his attacks. I managed to beat Dark Souls and Bloodborne with copious amounts of grinding but unfortunately I suck at actually legit beating things. Still I'm gonna stick to Hollow Knight as it is a great game!
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I've never had terrible biking or walking experiences.
I guess no one wants to be the person to run over the guy that looks like Jesus.
One place wants 438 for the starter.
One place wanted my licence plate and VIN number before giving an estimate (not going to happen).
And one place will call me back (maybe).
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One place wants 438 for the starter.
One place wanted my licence plate and VIN number before giving an estimate (not going to happen).
And one place will call me back (maybe).
Yeah, gotta love the places that say, "Give us your name, address, telephone number, date of birth, and at least three passwords to online accounts and we'll possibly consider giving you an estimate."
If a ZIP Code and approximate square footage isn't enough, you're a rip-off artist.
(The insulation guy asked, "How big is your house?" "About 1000 square feet." "OK. $1500." Not a serious issue there.)
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OK, two old man gripes in one day: Can we please decide on a standard "age of adulthood"?
- At 14, kids are old enough to get married in some states under some circumstances
- At 16, kids are old enough to drive in most states under most circumstances
- At 18, kids are old enough to get married, drive, vote, live on their own, and go to war under most circumstances (unless you're in Nebraska (19 for marriage) or Mississippi (21 for marriage))
- At 21, kids are old enough to drink or bear witness to legal proceedings
So yeah, I got bitten by the last one: We need an "uninvolved" witness to the signings of our wills. I figured I'd grab Talky, because he's uninvolved and he'd appreciate the "honor". Then I read the wills, and the witness has to be at least 21. What? Are we getting him drunk or something?
When you need a table to figure out whether you're old enough to do xxx, there's something wrong with the system.
And I'm still not old enough to do some things. (Collect from my IRA, for example.)
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Ah yes, let us get millions of people to agree to one simple standard, that will be easy. :)
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Thank you for the neck. But I made plans with my coworker to visit this one a-hole at his office. I'll hold him, and my co worker who is build like a bear, will punch him.
Makes me feel better thinking about it.
Okay...
*Rubs neck*I'm also kind of build like a bear...though its more like Winnie the Pooh, then a musclebound angry grizzly ^^'
Eh, I can be violent. Ive punched people before. But people like this jerk really get my blood boiling. He is deliberately mean, especially to some of the interns. Because he can. And people who just s!#* on someone vulnerable I just want to punch in the face.
Sounds like a real scumbag...
Give him a punch from me too!You all just strengthen me in my believe the Netherlands is the best country ever.
Ahhh Europe.
Where a lot of rural road even have dedicated bike lanes.^^
Yeah, I just do what the doctors tell me. Are they perfect? No, but they are a great deal more educated than me at being doctors. Trying to be my own doctor seems like a bad idea.
Severe chronic pain is a difficult thing though and I understand why sufferers often try anything to escape it.
Didn't mean anything negative or accusatory about it, just that I hope you were taking good care of yourself, and by the sound of it you clear are.
Just want to be sure you were okay. As I said, pain turn my father into a horrible shell of a man, with little care leftover for anything but the pain, and it nearly destroyed his family.
Actually I have never punched anyone in RL before. Just elbowed them in the ribs for leaning on my shoulder one too many times(believe me, they were warned first).First time I give you the benefit of the doubt and warn you. Second time I place my elbow against your ribs. Third...
So...
No scratchies and head pats?Did not have a good day. See above complaints. And now I'm going to be late for my workout session after I promised I'd help them get set up thanks to people asking me at the last minute for stuff.
*Looks worried*
*But risks an elbow to the gut, by hugging and nuzzling Mort in hopes of comforting her*
When I get bitten by cats.
I have the following symptoms:Heart arrhythmia.
Tunnel vision.
Brain fog (like when you're hypothermic).All of which I also get on energy drinks.
But with cat bites, also add:
Hallucinations.
You remember "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Cool World"? Animation layered over live-action film? It's like that. The real world stays the same, but there's this whole other layer of hallucinated characters and set designed on top of it that no one but me can see. Really freaky. I hate it a lot. This is why I will not pet a cat. Because cats are evil m************rs who are all sweetness and fluff until they capriciously sink the fangs in, much...
Wow…
Have you ever had it looked at?I mean it sound like some kind of allergic-like reaction to something...cat-mouth-spit-bacterial fauna related.
I have never hear of something quite like it before.
I did it!
For those of you who have forgotten Calvin's alter ego from Calvin and Hobbes, Here is a selection of panels...and, with the caveat that the four-color boxes of premade fondant have a much darker blue than Spiff's suit, here is what I made for the top of the cake.
That looks really good LM!
Are such creations made to order or do I have to fly you over for future cake decorating?! ^^Not LM, but my two cents on the matter: One is made of pure evil, and the other is made of true good. :P
More seriously, fondant is sugar, water and corn syrup. It's just sweet and delicious.
Marzipan is sugar and almond meal, and tastes like sadness. Many cakes are ruined by its presence.
*Makes a yuck-face at the mentioning of marzipan*
(Not that I like fondant much better… ^^')
Hi, everyone!
*Waves to John*
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Woot! Solar guy's coming tomorrow to sign HIS contract, and roofing guy said 2 weeks.
I should indeed have a new roof and solar in April! :-O
Fortunately Madison has hundreds of miles of bike trails to get around on.
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OK. I answered the eleven questions. Do I get a prize? Other than something to do while waiting to pick up GothBard?
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Woot! Solar guy's coming tomorrow to sign HIS contract, and roofing guy said 2 weeks.
I should indeed have a new roof and solar in April! :-O
Congrats NH! Always good to have something productive done =)
That being said, the water in the fish tank filter dropped quite a bit overnight and my mom kicked up a fuss about me doing the fish tank first before eating dinner(I hate having things that I haven't done before I sit down and relax for a meal). She was going all the way about you better watch out that you don't get gastric etc. And she keeps wanting me to eat rice saying its part of the Chinese diet(dude, I'm pretty much avoiding carbs as far as possible).
I really do not know how I'm going to ever explain intermittent fasting to her. Even if I didn't eat dinner it wouldn't be the end of the world.
Then she kicked up a fuss about me going to my aunts place(I owe her some blanket and bed sheet cleaning and I also want to put my stuff at her place), because my aunt has a stomach virus, when she was delivering food when my aunt was in and talking to my aunt while she was having stomach virus. Look my aunt won't even be in when I'm doing my stuff, so what the hell?
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My big task for tonight:
Turn on season 4 of Luther, make a cup of tea, and sculpt a miniature Spaceman Spiff, his crash-landed saucer, and two blobby green aliens for the top of Teensy Valeros' cake tomorrow. In a few hours, he will be six. (Birthday breakfast is peach waffles and bacon, because he's Waffle Neutral.)
Hold that thought, I'll need to check those waffles for the possibility of Zpronk infestation.
Why don't we all have some of these Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs instead? I'm good for five or six bowls easy.
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Chrono Trigger was indeed my first RPG, shortly followed by Final Fantasy VI, Super Mario RPG Lot7S, and Pokemon. I played bits and pieces of Planescape: Torment in my high school years but didn't get dedicatedly into D&D-based games until Neverwinter Nights 1, which I picked up in 2003 and have been playing ever since.
It's also the only real WRPG I've been able to get into other than PS:T. For some reason no others have ever really clicked for me. Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Witcher, you name it... I've just never been able to get into them. But JRPGs, especially the older NES/SNES/GB/GBA era ones and the more recent ones using the same older style, I can snatch up in a heartbeat and will probably love.
It's kinda why I've lost interest in Final Fantasy after XII. Everything since then has moved further and further away from the classic JRPG mold.
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Now it is >official<. Both of you are old grumpy men who argue over the same over and over.
You need to have a pair of rocking chairs and canes to shake at each other.
*provides NH and Freehold with rocking chairs and canes to shake at each other then sits down to watch the show*
OK. I answered the eleven questions. Do I get a prize? Other than something to do while waiting to pick up GothBard?
Same. Might have gotten a bit bitter at the end...
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Near the end of Season 3 of Overlord, just saw the episode where he wipes out half the Empire's troops while summoning giant chaos spawn that bleat like goats.
Really hope these people are really just non sentient computer programs or dude is slipping into legit genocide territory.
Still not sure what the exact tone of Overlord is, it flips from goofy to terrifying on the reg.
Yeah, I just do what the doctors tell me. Are they perfect? No, but they are a great deal more educated than me at being doctors. Trying to be my own doctor seems like a bad idea.
Severe chronic pain is a difficult thing though and I understand why sufferers often try anything to escape it.
Didn't mean anything negative or accusatory about it, just that I hope you were taking good care of yourself, and by the sound of it you clear are.
Just want to be sure you were okay. As I said, pain turn my father into a horrible shell of a man, with little care leftover for anything but the pain, and it nearly destroyed his family.
Oh, I didn't take it that way, thank you for your concern, and sorry I think I come off weird on the internet sometimes.
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People don’t quite understand that Ainz is not a good person.
Yeah, you can tell he is a PC though...
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There is kinda an interesting question in that show though, if you were transported to a fantasy world and had basically the power of a god and no real pressing business what would you do with it?
Might be a fun premise for an adventure sometime.
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Not feeling well at work, today. Apparently, I had something that disagreed with me, and now I have intestinal distress. And I left my Immodium at home. *sigh* What a day.
Suggestion - do it like cats do. My office bag has a medicine kit containing medicine for running nose, lozengers for sore throat/cough and a dose of ginger tea for stomach aches. My office has panadol for headaches. So I think we're covered for most occurrences, talk about crazy prepared.
And you've been getting stomach distress more often, John. I think it's time to track what you've been eating to see your triggers so you can avoid them.
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When I get intestinal distress I usually know what it is about...gosh darn Taco Bell...
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Time to make your own meals and bring them to work, probably. Though there were some pills that you could take before you took MSG, so you don't get a reaction. Think Hi brought some of that to Singapore.
And read the ingredients of all the canned foods you're buying like nothing more then a 5 ingredient list etc.
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There is kinda an interesting question in that show though, if you were transported to a fantasy world and had basically the power of a god and no real pressing business what would you do with it?
Might be a fun premise for an adventure sometime.
Mind my own business and go read every book that fantasy world wrote. I don't mind people's business. And probably get bored as hell after that.
There is kinda an interesting question in that show though, if you were transported to a fantasy world and had basically the power of a god and no real pressing business what would you do with it?
Might be a fun premise for an adventure sometime.
Get dysentery and die curled up in a ditch.
Godly powers or no godly powers eventually you have to drink the water.
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There is kinda an interesting question in that show though, if you were transported to a fantasy world and had basically the power of a god and no real pressing business what would you do with it?
Might be a fun premise for an adventure sometime.
Get dysentery and die curled up in a ditch.
Godly powers or no godly powers eventually you have to drink the water.
Uh, well if you have godly powers I'm pretty sure you could afford the use of a Cantrip.
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You all just strengthen me in my believe the Netherlands is the best country ever.
I read that as Neanderthals...